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Just buy any of the many other tomatoes available at a Dutch grocery other than the cheapest option.

aluhut 9y ago
I live in Germany and this was a general statement (even though we get very much from the Netherlands). Most of them taste like nothing. Sometimes even those who are especially marked as "something something sweet" taste like nothing most of the time. I rarely buy the cheapest option. Most of the times we get the most expensive Bio (organic) ones. This legend needs to die. Just like the one that says that marked as "local" tomatoes (vegetables) taste better (or taste at all). For some times I thought I could smell it. Doesn't work anymore. There is no system anymore as long as you buy in a supermarket here. Unfortunately I'm asleep at local market times or they are when I'm at work but I'm sure you can get the good stuff there because my parents grow them in their garden. But this is not the problem we are talking about here. This is the 21st century. I can't believe that I can't get something as simple as tomatoes with taste for pretty hefty prices in a supermarket. It's not like it was always this way. I can remember very good the moment where we switched from big tomatoes to those cocktail ones because they did not taste like water. Then those became tasteless, I've now seen micro tomatoes. Maybe there is some taste left...
- hellofunk 9y ago
  I have definitely noticed a big difference in flavor among the common different tomato varieties available at a typical Dutch grocery.
tirant 9y ago
Even the most expensive tomatoes at AH suck in flavour compared to the cheapest you can get in Spain or ITaly.
- hellofunk 9y ago
  Honestly I just fail to see the point. The Netherlands has a much different climate from Spain or Italy. The avocados from Florida are far inferior from those in California. Try growing oranges in Michigan. Regions vary, why is everyone whining about the ability for a northern nation to grow large amounts of food despite its circumstances?

I live in Germany and this was a general statement (even though we get very much from the Netherlands). Most of them taste like nothing. Sometimes even those who are especially marked as "something something sweet" taste like nothing most of the time. I rarely buy the cheapest option. Most of the times we get the most expensive Bio (organic) ones. This legend needs to die. Just like the one that says that marked as "local" tomatoes (vegetables) taste better (or taste at all). For some times I thought I could smell it. Doesn't work anymore. There is no system anymore as long as you buy in a supermarket here. Unfortunately I'm asleep at local market times or they are when I'm at work but I'm sure you can get the good stuff there because my parents grow them in their garden. But this is not the problem we are talking about here. This is the 21st century. I can't believe that I can't get something as simple as tomatoes with taste for pretty hefty prices in a supermarket. It's not like it was always this way. I can remember very good the moment where we switched from big tomatoes to those cocktail ones because they did not taste like water. Then those became tasteless, I've now seen micro tomatoes. Maybe there is some taste left...

hellofunk 9y ago
I have definitely noticed a big difference in flavor among the common different tomato varieties available at a typical Dutch grocery.

tirant 9y ago

Even the most expensive tomatoes at AH suck in flavour compared to the cheapest you can get in Spain or ITaly.

hellofunk 9y ago
Honestly I just fail to see the point. The Netherlands has a much different climate from Spain or Italy. The avocados from Florida are far inferior from those in California. Try growing oranges in Michigan. Regions vary, why is everyone whining about the ability for a northern nation to grow large amounts of food despite its circumstances?